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Name Team Age
John Rusteck Retired (1984, Age 34) 64
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 4, Pick 76
(1970)		 C R/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Ashburn Crawford League 0 8 years (22 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B  A- C 
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
A  A  B 
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
C+ B- D-
Endurance Velocity Control
B- D- D 
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
D- C+ C+
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
D  0 1/15/1950
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
0 1 1
Alt Pos (---) Alt Pos (---) Alt Pos (---)
F  (0.0 %) F  (0.0 %) F  (0.0 %)

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Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG AVG
1973 TEX 3 9 2 3 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 .844 .400 .444 .333
1975 TEX 41 153 16 41 6 2 3 19 10 20 0 1 1 .710 .317 .392 .268
1976 TEX 41 129 15 28 6 1 4 11 32 19 3 1 0 .745 .373 .372 .217
1977 WAS 128 254 23 67 9 0 6 32 22 39 4 6 2 .696 .326 .370 .264
1978 WAS-TOR 112 216 18 57 8 0 3 25 25 41 4 3 4 .681 .339 .343 .264
1979 DET 122 439 34 122 16 6 7 49 57 76 6 6 10 .752 .362 .390 .278
1980 DET 61 91 11 25 6 1 2 7 8 15 1 3 1 .762 .333 .429 .275
1981 DET 51 179 21 42 12 0 2 27 20 30 1 3 2 .649 .313 .335 .235
1982 CLE 15 25 1 2 0 0 0 1 3 7 0 1 0 .287 .207 .080 .080
1983 CLE 9 14 1 4 1 0 0 1 3 2 1 0 1 .769 .412 .357 .286
1984 CLE 13 31 4 7 0 1 0 5 8 4 1 1 2 .675 .385 .290 .226
Total 596 1540 146 398 65 11 27 177 189 255 21 25 23 .709 .341 .368 .258
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1984-11-01John Rusteck has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1984-09-19The Cleveland Cannibals have waived John Rusteck.
1984-05-29The Cleveland Cannibals have designated John Rusteck for assignment.
1983-06-28The Cleveland Cannibals have re-claimed John Rusteck from the waiver wire.
1983-06-26The Cleveland Cannibals have designated John Rusteck for assignment.
1983-06-04The Cleveland Cannibals have promoted John Rusteck to the major league team.
1983-03-07The Cleveland Cannibals have promoted Marlin Rochford to the major league team. The Cleveland Cannibals have designated John Rusteck for assignment.
1982-04-05The Cleveland Cannibals have acquired John Rusteck from the waiver wire.
1982-04-01The Seattle Sasquatch have promoted Earl Williams to the major league team. The Seattle Sasquatch have designated John Rusteck for assignment.
1980-06-03John Rusteck of the Detroit Vipers is injured and is expected to be out 45 days.
1980-05-25John Rusteck has been reverted to his original name.
1980-05-25The Detroit Vipers have renamed Bob Didier to Fred Kendall.
1980-05-25The Detroit Vipers have renamed John Rusteck to Bob Didier.
1979-04-23The Detroit Vipers have removed John Rusteck from the trade block.
1979-04-01The Detroit Vipers have placed John Rusteck on the trade block.
1978-09-02The Toronto Bombadiers have acquired John Rusteck from the waiver wire.
1978-08-28The Washington Monuments have designated John Rusteck for assignment.
1977-04-03Trade #1583836 has been completed between the Texas Barons and the Washington Monuments. The Washington Monuments receive John Rusteck, Harry Lally, Draft Pick - 1978 Round 1 (TEX) from the Texas Barons in exchange for Devon Hufflepuff, Swampgut Miller, Draft Pick - 1978 Round 1 (WAS).
1976-03-01The Texas Barons have promoted Masafumi Ogi to the major league team. The Texas Barons have promoted John Rusteck to the major league team. The Texas Barons have promoted Bobby Banning to the major league team. The Texas Barons have promoted Wally Maddern to the major league team. The Texas Barons have designated Topsy Carroll for assignment. The Texas Barons have designated Tsuneyuki Sato for assignment. The Texas Barons have designated Cesar Peraza for assignment. The Texas Barons have designated Frank Sullivan for assignment.
1975-08-21The Texas Barons have sent John Rusteck to the minors.
1975-06-13The Texas Barons have promoted John Rusteck to the major league team.
1974-03-01The Texas Barons have promoted Drexler T. Kinney to the major league team. The Texas Barons have designated Ed Lee for assignment. The Texas Barons have sent John Rusteck to the minors. The Texas Barons have designated Leonardo DiCaprio for assignment. The Texas Barons have designated Hideki Ukai for assignment.
1973-09-28The Texas Barons have promoted John Rusteck to the major league team.